Spring Training

Holy crap, play ball already!

 

Next cuts: http://www.astroscounty.com/2012/03/second-cut-is-also-deep.html

Alyson Footer @alysonfooter

 

When minor leaguers start upstaging the major leaguers, the Astros send them away. Clemens will be with the big club by seasons end, and Singleton has a good shot as well.

 

Agreed. Also, Abreu will be an 8th inning man if and when he is given the chance.

 

I'm in Jupiter, FL for the week. Gonna try to go to the game against the Marlins on Monday. Probably won't be able to stay for the whole thing, but would be nice to catch at least a few innings.

 

Would love to be able to go one year, but tax season makes it difficult to make a 6-8 hour trip. Was in Orlando last year the week in between the end of extended spring training and the start of the Gulf Coast League. Drove right past the stadium.

 

http://www.sporcle.com/games/amyevg/2012-houston-astros-spring-training

How many of the original 63 guys in Astros camp can you name? I got 62. The only guy is missed was

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Zachary Levine @zacharylevine

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Uh oh.


Brett Dolan @Astrosradio

Steve Campbell @CampbellChron

 

Campbell:

 

I've been seeing Cards fans everywhere. They've got a pretty dedicated fan base.

 

Rhiner Cruz with a horrid spring. Will he be offered back?

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Rule 5 pick Rhiner Cruz in three outings: 1 1/3 IP, 5 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 4 BB, 1 K. Mets might get a crack at him if they can spare 25K.</p>&mdash; Zachary Levine (@zacharylevine) <a href="https://twitter.com/zacharylevine/status/181098308100554753" data-datetime="2012-03-17T19:22:55+00:00">March 17, 2012</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>That's it, send Cruz back MT @<a href="https://twitter.com/Astrosradio">Astrosradio</a>: Former Astro Bill Hall just clubbed a solo home run off Rhiner Cruz</p>&mdash; Astros County (@AstrosCounty) <a href="https://twitter.com/AstrosCounty/status/181098480318693376" data-datetime="2012-03-17T19:23:37+00:00">March 17, 2012</a></blockquote>
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Cust finally got a hit...

In a minor league game. Still 0-20 in ML spring training

 

That's about Astros level.

 

Chris Johnson and Brett Wallace are really trying to make the team. Hard to imagine them both making it since Carlos Lee is still with us.

 

If defense at 3B is equal, I'd rather keep Wallace. Although I don't see how Wallace's defense could be worse than CJ's...

 

I caught 5 innings of the game today. Pretty cool experience.

 

How is Wallace looking so far at 3rd? Also, has his offense looked at least average?

 

Heard Wallace club that 3-run homer. As for defense, hopefully Poloshirtbandit can give us a report on that.

 

Wallace played 1B today, CJ played 3rd. I'm not really an X's and O's guy so couldn't really give much detail beyond that. They didn't look bad to me though.